De or het snik?

The correct Dutch article is:

de snik

  • English: hiccup
  • Plural: de snikken
  • Diminutive: het snikje
Meaning (Dutch) 1. een geluid dat men voortbrengt bij verdriet of pijn 2. (scheepvaart, geschiedenis) een historisch type zeilboot

How to use snik

the hiccupde snik
this hiccupdeze snik
that hiccupdie snik
our hiccuponze snik
your hiccupjouw snik
every hiccupelke snik
which hiccup?welke snik?
a big hiccup / the big hiccupeen grote snik, de grote snik
the hiccup (plural)de snikken, deze snikken

Example sentences with snik

  • Tom was aan het snikken. “Tom was sobbing.”
  • Die kerel is niet goed snik. “That dude is out of his mind.”
  • Ze bleef snikken zonder op te kijken. “She continued sobbing without looking up.”

Dutch words ending in snik

gesnik | kibboetsnik | kiboetsnik

In compound words, the last part decides the article. See the rule

Dutch words starting with snik

snikkel | snikkelgoal | sniksnak

Meaning, plural, diminutive, pronunciation and translations: WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).